u/GrapefruitSad5042

I'm really trying here, and no my phone is not a potato. I took a close up and it does not look blurry on my end. And no I am not messing with anyone I just wanted an answer to how this flooring should hold up with the method of placing it that they used and what are peoples thoughts on how the pattern was placed?

I did not install my own flooring, I had a company do it two years ago. I had never looked into how it was supposed to be done, I figured installers would know the best way. I had never even heard of staggering flooring until I just read another post yesterday. They used the stairstep method in my kitchen which from what I'm reading is not good. I had already had the first flooring that was installed by someone else torn out as I didn't like it, it was laminate and chipping after two weeks. I have two large dogs and wanted something that would hold up. This is vinyl flooring, it looked lighter in the store but looks much darker when the light isn't hitting it.. Does the pattern look to be too much? Will this floor start buckling because of the way it was installed? I can't afford to make any more changes unfortunately but would like to get some other options.

New photo, hopefully doesn't come out as blurry as the last one, I apologize I do have an old camera. It always looks good on my phone but never good when I send pics sometimes.

I did not install my own flooring, I had a company do it two years ago. I had never looked into how it was supposed to be done, I figured installers would know the best way. I had never even heard of staggering flooring until I just read another post yesterday. They used the stairstep method in my kitchen which from what I'm reading is not good. I had already had the first flooring that was installed by someone else torn out as I didn't like it, it was laminate and chipping after two weeks. I have two large dogs and wanted something that would hold up. This is vinyl flooring, it looked lighter in the store but looks much darker when the light isn't hitting it.. Does the pattern look to be too much? Will this floor start buckling because of the way it was installed? I can't afford to make any more changes unfortunately but would like to get some other options.

I did not install my own flooring, I had a company do it two years ago. I had never looked into how it was supposed to be done, I figured installers would know the best way. I had never even heard of staggering flooring until I just read another post yesterday. They used the stairstep method in my kitchen which from what I'm reading is not good. I had already had the first flooring that was installed by someone else torn out as I didn't like it, it was laminate and chipping after two weeks. I have two large dogs and wanted something that would hold up. This color does not show dirt and the vinyl seems to hold up against my dog's nails. I purchased a box and brought it home before install to check the color and never saw the variation in color in the planks for some reason. It looks much darker when the light isn't hitting it.. Does the pattern look to be too much? Will this floor start buckling because of the way it was installed? I can't afford to make any more changes unfortunately but would like to get some other options.